Digital health has rapidly become a core component of the delivery of health care in the United States. Health systems have implemented new technology platforms to allow for more virtual visits. Patients are increasingly using smartphones to receive health information and communicate with care providers. Health insurers and large employers are providing incentives for using wearables and other digital health devices to better track daily health behaviors such as physical activity, weight, and medication adherence.
Digital Health Tools Offer New Opportunities for Personalized Care
Wearables and other technologies help providers better understand patients’ behavior — and their needs.
November 18, 2020
Summary.
Tracking individual behaviors, preferences, motivational profiles to create a “behavioral phenotype” can be used to tailor digital health interventions such as exercise programs. How people use their smartphones — for example their app use, music consumption, and day- vs. nighttime use — can reveal personality characteristics that could, with patients’ permission, be used in the future to identify behavioral phenotypes and help target health interventions.
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